English

Proper noun

Pico

1. An island in the Azores.

See also

• pico-

Anagrams

• COIP

English

Noun

pico ‎(uncountable)

1. Short for pico de gallo.

Esperanto

pico

Etymology

From Italian pizza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpitso/
• Hyphenation: pi‧co

Noun

pico ‎(accusative singular picon, plural picoj, accusative plural picojn)

1. pizza

Derived terms

• picejo ‎(“pizzeria”)

Interlingue

Noun

pico

1. woodpecker

Latin

Noun

pīcō

1. dative singular of pīcus
2. ablative singular of pīcus

References

• pico in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• PICO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pico”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ku/
• Hyphenation: pi‧co

Etymology

Back-formation from picar.

Noun

pico m (plural picos)

1. Sharp point.
2. High mountain that ends in a peak.

Verb

pico

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of picar

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish bico, from Latin beccus, from Gaulish *beccos, from Proto-Celtic *bekkos. It was likely later influenced phonetically by picar.

Noun

pico m ‎(plural picos)

1. beak (of a bird)
2. sharp point
3. pick, pickax(e)
4. peak, summit
5. a bit, a little
6. (zoology) crest
7. (colloquial, Chile, Costa Rica) ****
8. (colloquial, Bolivia, Colombia) kiss
9. (colloquial) trap; gob (mouth)

   ¡Cierra el pico! - "Shut your trap!"

Derived terms

• pico de gallo

Verb

pico

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of picar.